Bainbridge, New York

Settled about 1789 by Vermont Sufferers, Bainbridge was originally known as Jericho in Clinton Township and was named Bainbridge in 1815 in honor of Captain William Bainbridge, a naval hero of the War of 1812; it was incorporated as a village in 1829. Its park, known in earlier years as the village green, has been continuously maintained as a village park since the 1820s. The first Presbyterian church, known in Jericho days as the Society of Silicia, was the first established church in Clinton Township, and the present church dates from about 1831. The original meeting house, destroyed by fire about 1814, stood at the southeast end of the park. The original Liberty Pole, as flagpoles were called in post-Revolutionary days, stood just behind this site. The first schoolhouse was located in the area now occupied by the graveyard of St. Peter’s Church; after more than fifty years of use, it was abandoned in 1873 when Bainbridge Academy was constructed on Juliand Street on land donated by Joseph Juliand.

Bainbridge, New York · United States